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Friday, August 19, 2016

Video: Besieged Covert Research Facility in a Dominix

This friggin' site.....It took me a surprisingly long time to come up with a fit (see end of post) that could run this "two waves of battleships" site. I see them fairly frequently in our home system and wanted to, if the system was quiet, be able to run them and grab the loot. It turns out the loot isn't substantial, about 10-30M on average, but there's a change of getting a nice implant drop.

After trying to work with sentry drones I ended up with this fit based on something Kyle Yanowski succeeded with, though he used blasters. It's based around 250MM railguns, heavy drones doing kinetic damage, omni-tanking, two large armor reps and several modules to keep the capacitor going.

To run the site warp in at 70km...actually 50km would probably work too. You will quickly meet three Mordu's Legion ships, a mixture of cruisers and battleships. The numbers are random - I've met 3 cruisers and also 3 battleships. Keep your range about 50km from the target but keep moving with your afterburner ON - that will mitigate the incoming missile damage. That distance is within your drone control range and railgun range. Hit the cruisers first since they move faster and you don't want them getting on top you.

Be aware that the rats will warp disrupt you if you get to around 30-35km from them. You can see it happen in the video as I fight the last ship while moving towards the loot can. You can use the Micro Jump Drive to escape that though, something I wish I'd remembered when I actually died once doing this site!

As soon as the last ship is dead, the second wave will arrive. It consists of five ships and this is the most dangerous time - the incoming damage from five battleships is not to be messed with! Run both your armor repairers, using the cap booster as needed to keep them healthy. After you've killed a couple the incoming damage will decrease and you can deactivate one of the repairers.

When there's one or two left begin moving towards the cargo canister - that's where the loot is. You can also kill the Thukker Research Lab building and get a little more loot.

You have about 20 minutes to run the site; if you're not done by then it will simply vanish. I'm not sure if it will do so after the rats are dead, though.

It's a fun site to do with friends too - have them bring more DPS, or reps, or whatever helps you.

Be aware that the site has NO gate! That means anyone that wants to attack you can land without warning. Watch d-scan, watch local and be ready to leave if needed. The cheap loot isn't worth losing a 250M ISK ship for :)